Disclaimer: I do not own any of the X-Men movie characters.
Title: Unforgivable Sinners
By: Cmdr. Gabe E.
Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .
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Yeap...the spotlight is back on Yuriko and Logan !!! Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter ! It's great to see a lot of new readers too :D!!! bows down in gratitude .
SKETTY24 = AAAH!!! Looks like no one wants to remember the past, except for Yuriko. x.x! But then, we really can't blame the gal? Heck, if I had those visions, I'd probably wanna remember my past too. Lol! Hmmm...so, will she push through, or not? All will be revealed!...soon! dun dun duun!!!
LADY DEATHSTRIKE1 = LMAO!!! Yeah...it is kinda GROSS that Stryker's into Yuriko...but it'll make more sense once their pasts are revealed ! (but yah, it's pretty ga-ross. LMAO!!!)
WAYTOEVIL666 = Thanks for the review ! Yeah, I've seen X-Men evo ! It's playing down here in the Philippines in Cartoon Network :D!
CALOGAN = Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story ! And yeah, considering that they both went 'swimming', they really were wet. LOL! The Little Prince is a really good book. I read it back in highschool and I couldn't help but feel sad for the ending =(. As for Oscar and Ms. Rose, I haven't read it yet =(. Sounds like a good read though =).
MUYLOCOCHICCA = Hmmm...since Stryker is kinda 'obsessed' with Yuriko, he probably is angry. But then, who knows, right? !
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Chapter 40: She's still here
Yuriko felt cold as her wet clothes pressed against her body, but she didn't care. She just wanted to relish and enjoy Logan's company. "Thank you for the wonderful night, Logan." She said with a smile as she walked by his side.
Logan looked at her and smiled. "I should be the one thanking you." He said as he gently squeezed her hand. "You made me realize a lot of things tonight." He said softly. "For fifteen years, I asked myself so many questions...how's and why's and what's and when's. And for fifteen years I was only able to answer a fraction of them. Then you came along, the real you, and you filled up all the empty spaces."
He still couldn't believe how he was acting towards her. He wasn't the kind of person who would openly say things like that. And yet with Yuriko, everything felt so natural. He didn't even have to force himself to act and talk the way he did. What was it with Yuriko that made him act that way?
Perhaps it was their special connection. Whenever he was with her, she unearthed a part of him that he never even knew existed. At times, he even felt as if he was a different man, especially when he looked into her eyes. It was like there was another person inside of him...a person who knew her so well.
He wanted to tell her about that...the way he truly felt about their connection. But now was not the right time. Though he felt closer to her than ever, he wanted to wait until she had regained her past. He wanted to wait until she finally became her whole self. Because if she told her now, he would only be saying those words to a small part of Yuriko...because most of who she is, seemed to be trapped in the past she never knew.
Logan led Yuriko to the elevator and they both stepped inside.
Yuriko smiled and looked at him. "So...where are we going now?" She asked curiously.
Logan smiled and arched an eyebrow as he looked back at her. "Well first of all, we have to get you out of those wet clothes before you catch a cold. I don't want Charles to think that I've made our newest member sick right on the first day." He said with a joking tone in his voice.
The elevator door opened and they walked into the second floor of the mansion. Yuriko suddenly stopped in her tracks, causing Logan to stop too.
"What?" He asked as he looked at her.
Yuriko looked at him and giggled. "I don't get sick." She said with a smile. "I am impervious to any kind of illness." She said proudly.
Logan arched an eyebrow and nodded. "Uh huh. Looks like we really have more in common than I thought."
He couldn't believe how truly alike they were. Not only were their pasts similar, but all of their abilities were exactly the same. Some of her physical attributes were even better than his. She was faster, more agile, and she obviously had more weapons...four more claws to be exact. He was definitely glad to have her as an ally now, rather than as an enemy. She almost killed him in their first encounter. If it wasn't for the adamantium apparatus in the underground base, he knew she would have defeated him.
Logan folded his arms over his chest and he looked at her. "So, is there anything else I need to know about you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't get me wrong. I like surprises...but if you have other abilities, then I might as well know them now."
Yuriko smiled, then she stepped towards him and ran a hand down his cheek. "Look at us, Logan." She said softly as she looked deeply into his eyes. "We were both created more than a decade ago...but neither of us have aged a day."
Logan knew it was true. Fifteen years have gone since he escaped from Stryker's lab, and he never, even once, felt the weight of time upon his body. With every year that passed by, everyone else withered with age, while he, remained the way he was...as young, as vigorous and as healthy as when he first resurfaced from the lab. Even Stryker pointed it out when he saw him in the mansion. 'You haven't changed one bit...' he said.
When he first noticed his aging process, he wanted to deny it. He didn't want to accept the fact that he would continue to live on while the people he knew would soon die, leaving him all alone. That's why he didn't want to get close to anyone. He didn't want to get hurt. He didn't want to see them dying with age, one by one.
Then he found himself in the mansion, and everything changed. Spending time with the professor and the others had made him realize that every fleeting moment should be lived with purpose and objective...that he should make use of the time that had been given to him. He realized that every second, and every minute of his life, was as precious as his entire lifetime. He still knew that in a couple of decades, his friends, his family, everyone he cared for would all grow old and die. But he didn't want to think about the future...he wanted to live his life with them now. He wanted to cherish every moment, and remember every memory.
He looked at Yuriko and smiled. She will continue to live on with him. She would never die and fade away with the others. He was not alone anymore, and he will never be alone again. And if she does die, then they would die together. She would be by his side until the end of their days, where she was meant to be right from the beginning.
Yuriko could see the happiness in Logan's eyes. While she had lived the past ten years of her life under Stryker's command, Logan had wandered the world, bearing the burden of who he was. She could just imagine how lost he felt...how lost and alone...to live a life without memories, but with abilities that separated him from everyone else.
Logan took Yuriko's hand and gently pulled her with him. "Come on. Let's get you out of those wet clothes." He said with a smile. He too had made a decision. No matter what happens, he would never let her go...not now that he had finally found her.
She followed Logan down the hall, then her eyebrows furrowed. "Um, how exactly are we going to get clothes for me?" She asked. "These are the only clothes I have."
"I know." He said with a smile. "That's why we're going to borrow from a friend." He said as he walked by her side. Then the smile on his lips slowly faded and his eyes turned into pools of emptiness.
She looked at Logan and saw the empty look in his eyes. It was as if all of his happiness had faded away when he mentioned his friend. "Which friend?" She asked curiously.
They stopped in front of a room and then he looked at her, forcing a gentle smile on his lips. "A good friend. One that I will never forget for as long as I live." He said softly. He opened the door to the room and they both stepped inside.
He quickly switched on the light, and they both found themselves standing in a simple, little room. Everything looked so clean, orderly and untouched, as if its owner hadn't been in it for days. Yuriko's eyes wandered around the room. It had a bed, a desk with a computer, a cabinet, and a shelf filled with a variety of books, pictures, and other displays. But despite all of those things, the room still felt so empty. And something about it felt Yuriko's heart with sadness.
Somehow, she knew whose room it was. It was the room of the friend Logan had lost during the Alkali incident. She was standing in the room of the woman named Jean Grey. She walked towards the shelf and looked at the pictures that neatly lined it. Yes...she did remember her face. She saw her in one of Stryker's files. Like the professor, she too was also a telepath.
Most of the pictures were of Jean and Scott, and some of them were of her and the students and the other members of the team. And on the far end of the shelf was a picture of Logan...and he was smiling. Jean was probably the one who took that picture...she sounded like a woman who could also make him smile.
She turned around and saw Logan blankly staring at the picture on the table beside the bed. It was a picture of Jean Grey. She was standing in front of the mansion and she had a sweet smile on her face. She looked so happy, so content. Yuriko saw Logan clench his fists as he stared at Jean's picture. She knew Logan missed her. She knew he missed her so much.
She couldn't help but feel responsible for Jean's death. If only she were able to fight Stryker's mind-control drug, then she could have stopped him. But it was too late for that now. Jean was already dead...and nothing can bring her back.
Yuriko walked up to Logan and threw her arms around his neck. She pressed her face against his chest as tears started to run down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry, Logan. I am so sorry." She said, her voice shaking.
Logan clenched his jaw as he tried to hold back his own tears. His eyes remained focus on Jean's picture. Even until now he still couldn't believe that she was gone. Never did he think that they would part so soon. Deep inside he wished that he had never left to seek out his past. Then he could have spent more time with Jean...he could have been with her before her untimely passing.
"If only I was strong enough, Logan." Cried Yuriko. "If only I was strong enough then I could have stopped Stryker! I could have stopped William and Jean wouldn't have died! I am so sorry. Please forgive me." She could barely talk as she sobbed against his chest. Her tears flowed from her eyes and streamed down her face like fading waterfalls. If only she could have stopped him...if only.
Logan gasped as he fought the tears that were about to flow from his own eyes. Then he held Yuriko by the shoulders and gently pulled her from him. He looked at her face and saw traces of tears on her cheeks. Her eyes looked like she had cried for days.
"Don't be sorry, Yuriko." He said softly as he stared into her eyes. "You didn't do anything wrong. You've never done anything wrong." He said firmly. "Please don't cry." He moved his face closer to hers. "Don't cry..." He whispered. He gently kissed her forehead; then he moved away and wiped the tears from her cheeks. His eyes never moved away from hers.
Yuriko forced a humble smile on her lips as she gazed into his eyes. He truly was her savior. "I don't know what I would do without you..." She said softly.
He smiled and ran a finger down her chin. He didn't want to say it, but he felt the same way. Now that he had her in his life, he didn't want to let her go. He gently pulled away from her and walked to Jean's cabinet.
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Title: Unforgivable Sinners
By: Cmdr. Gabe E.
Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .
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Yeap...the spotlight is back on Yuriko and Logan !!! Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter ! It's great to see a lot of new readers too :D!!! bows down in gratitude .
SKETTY24 = AAAH!!! Looks like no one wants to remember the past, except for Yuriko. x.x! But then, we really can't blame the gal? Heck, if I had those visions, I'd probably wanna remember my past too. Lol! Hmmm...so, will she push through, or not? All will be revealed!...soon! dun dun duun!!!
LADY DEATHSTRIKE1 = LMAO!!! Yeah...it is kinda GROSS that Stryker's into Yuriko...but it'll make more sense once their pasts are revealed ! (but yah, it's pretty ga-ross. LMAO!!!)
WAYTOEVIL666 = Thanks for the review ! Yeah, I've seen X-Men evo ! It's playing down here in the Philippines in Cartoon Network :D!
CALOGAN = Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story ! And yeah, considering that they both went 'swimming', they really were wet. LOL! The Little Prince is a really good book. I read it back in highschool and I couldn't help but feel sad for the ending =(. As for Oscar and Ms. Rose, I haven't read it yet =(. Sounds like a good read though =).
MUYLOCOCHICCA = Hmmm...since Stryker is kinda 'obsessed' with Yuriko, he probably is angry. But then, who knows, right? !
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Chapter 40: She's still here
Yuriko felt cold as her wet clothes pressed against her body, but she didn't care. She just wanted to relish and enjoy Logan's company. "Thank you for the wonderful night, Logan." She said with a smile as she walked by his side.
Logan looked at her and smiled. "I should be the one thanking you." He said as he gently squeezed her hand. "You made me realize a lot of things tonight." He said softly. "For fifteen years, I asked myself so many questions...how's and why's and what's and when's. And for fifteen years I was only able to answer a fraction of them. Then you came along, the real you, and you filled up all the empty spaces."
He still couldn't believe how he was acting towards her. He wasn't the kind of person who would openly say things like that. And yet with Yuriko, everything felt so natural. He didn't even have to force himself to act and talk the way he did. What was it with Yuriko that made him act that way?
Perhaps it was their special connection. Whenever he was with her, she unearthed a part of him that he never even knew existed. At times, he even felt as if he was a different man, especially when he looked into her eyes. It was like there was another person inside of him...a person who knew her so well.
He wanted to tell her about that...the way he truly felt about their connection. But now was not the right time. Though he felt closer to her than ever, he wanted to wait until she had regained her past. He wanted to wait until she finally became her whole self. Because if she told her now, he would only be saying those words to a small part of Yuriko...because most of who she is, seemed to be trapped in the past she never knew.
Logan led Yuriko to the elevator and they both stepped inside.
Yuriko smiled and looked at him. "So...where are we going now?" She asked curiously.
Logan smiled and arched an eyebrow as he looked back at her. "Well first of all, we have to get you out of those wet clothes before you catch a cold. I don't want Charles to think that I've made our newest member sick right on the first day." He said with a joking tone in his voice.
The elevator door opened and they walked into the second floor of the mansion. Yuriko suddenly stopped in her tracks, causing Logan to stop too.
"What?" He asked as he looked at her.
Yuriko looked at him and giggled. "I don't get sick." She said with a smile. "I am impervious to any kind of illness." She said proudly.
Logan arched an eyebrow and nodded. "Uh huh. Looks like we really have more in common than I thought."
He couldn't believe how truly alike they were. Not only were their pasts similar, but all of their abilities were exactly the same. Some of her physical attributes were even better than his. She was faster, more agile, and she obviously had more weapons...four more claws to be exact. He was definitely glad to have her as an ally now, rather than as an enemy. She almost killed him in their first encounter. If it wasn't for the adamantium apparatus in the underground base, he knew she would have defeated him.
Logan folded his arms over his chest and he looked at her. "So, is there anything else I need to know about you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't get me wrong. I like surprises...but if you have other abilities, then I might as well know them now."
Yuriko smiled, then she stepped towards him and ran a hand down his cheek. "Look at us, Logan." She said softly as she looked deeply into his eyes. "We were both created more than a decade ago...but neither of us have aged a day."
Logan knew it was true. Fifteen years have gone since he escaped from Stryker's lab, and he never, even once, felt the weight of time upon his body. With every year that passed by, everyone else withered with age, while he, remained the way he was...as young, as vigorous and as healthy as when he first resurfaced from the lab. Even Stryker pointed it out when he saw him in the mansion. 'You haven't changed one bit...' he said.
When he first noticed his aging process, he wanted to deny it. He didn't want to accept the fact that he would continue to live on while the people he knew would soon die, leaving him all alone. That's why he didn't want to get close to anyone. He didn't want to get hurt. He didn't want to see them dying with age, one by one.
Then he found himself in the mansion, and everything changed. Spending time with the professor and the others had made him realize that every fleeting moment should be lived with purpose and objective...that he should make use of the time that had been given to him. He realized that every second, and every minute of his life, was as precious as his entire lifetime. He still knew that in a couple of decades, his friends, his family, everyone he cared for would all grow old and die. But he didn't want to think about the future...he wanted to live his life with them now. He wanted to cherish every moment, and remember every memory.
He looked at Yuriko and smiled. She will continue to live on with him. She would never die and fade away with the others. He was not alone anymore, and he will never be alone again. And if she does die, then they would die together. She would be by his side until the end of their days, where she was meant to be right from the beginning.
Yuriko could see the happiness in Logan's eyes. While she had lived the past ten years of her life under Stryker's command, Logan had wandered the world, bearing the burden of who he was. She could just imagine how lost he felt...how lost and alone...to live a life without memories, but with abilities that separated him from everyone else.
Logan took Yuriko's hand and gently pulled her with him. "Come on. Let's get you out of those wet clothes." He said with a smile. He too had made a decision. No matter what happens, he would never let her go...not now that he had finally found her.
She followed Logan down the hall, then her eyebrows furrowed. "Um, how exactly are we going to get clothes for me?" She asked. "These are the only clothes I have."
"I know." He said with a smile. "That's why we're going to borrow from a friend." He said as he walked by her side. Then the smile on his lips slowly faded and his eyes turned into pools of emptiness.
She looked at Logan and saw the empty look in his eyes. It was as if all of his happiness had faded away when he mentioned his friend. "Which friend?" She asked curiously.
They stopped in front of a room and then he looked at her, forcing a gentle smile on his lips. "A good friend. One that I will never forget for as long as I live." He said softly. He opened the door to the room and they both stepped inside.
He quickly switched on the light, and they both found themselves standing in a simple, little room. Everything looked so clean, orderly and untouched, as if its owner hadn't been in it for days. Yuriko's eyes wandered around the room. It had a bed, a desk with a computer, a cabinet, and a shelf filled with a variety of books, pictures, and other displays. But despite all of those things, the room still felt so empty. And something about it felt Yuriko's heart with sadness.
Somehow, she knew whose room it was. It was the room of the friend Logan had lost during the Alkali incident. She was standing in the room of the woman named Jean Grey. She walked towards the shelf and looked at the pictures that neatly lined it. Yes...she did remember her face. She saw her in one of Stryker's files. Like the professor, she too was also a telepath.
Most of the pictures were of Jean and Scott, and some of them were of her and the students and the other members of the team. And on the far end of the shelf was a picture of Logan...and he was smiling. Jean was probably the one who took that picture...she sounded like a woman who could also make him smile.
She turned around and saw Logan blankly staring at the picture on the table beside the bed. It was a picture of Jean Grey. She was standing in front of the mansion and she had a sweet smile on her face. She looked so happy, so content. Yuriko saw Logan clench his fists as he stared at Jean's picture. She knew Logan missed her. She knew he missed her so much.
She couldn't help but feel responsible for Jean's death. If only she were able to fight Stryker's mind-control drug, then she could have stopped him. But it was too late for that now. Jean was already dead...and nothing can bring her back.
Yuriko walked up to Logan and threw her arms around his neck. She pressed her face against his chest as tears started to run down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry, Logan. I am so sorry." She said, her voice shaking.
Logan clenched his jaw as he tried to hold back his own tears. His eyes remained focus on Jean's picture. Even until now he still couldn't believe that she was gone. Never did he think that they would part so soon. Deep inside he wished that he had never left to seek out his past. Then he could have spent more time with Jean...he could have been with her before her untimely passing.
"If only I was strong enough, Logan." Cried Yuriko. "If only I was strong enough then I could have stopped Stryker! I could have stopped William and Jean wouldn't have died! I am so sorry. Please forgive me." She could barely talk as she sobbed against his chest. Her tears flowed from her eyes and streamed down her face like fading waterfalls. If only she could have stopped him...if only.
Logan gasped as he fought the tears that were about to flow from his own eyes. Then he held Yuriko by the shoulders and gently pulled her from him. He looked at her face and saw traces of tears on her cheeks. Her eyes looked like she had cried for days.
"Don't be sorry, Yuriko." He said softly as he stared into her eyes. "You didn't do anything wrong. You've never done anything wrong." He said firmly. "Please don't cry." He moved his face closer to hers. "Don't cry..." He whispered. He gently kissed her forehead; then he moved away and wiped the tears from her cheeks. His eyes never moved away from hers.
Yuriko forced a humble smile on her lips as she gazed into his eyes. He truly was her savior. "I don't know what I would do without you..." She said softly.
He smiled and ran a finger down her chin. He didn't want to say it, but he felt the same way. Now that he had her in his life, he didn't want to let her go. He gently pulled away from her and walked to Jean's cabinet.
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